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231. Photo 188/2(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(16)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The blade is then placed on the haft; strips of 'Chaura' bark, and sometimes leaves also, are placed over it; and the whole is tied firmly together with the cane. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Twelfth stage in the manufacture of the adze. Caption continues: 'Observe throughout these photographs the manner in which the feet are made to assist the hands'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

232. Photo 188/2(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(18)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A long wedge of wood is then taken, pushed in between the strips of 'Chaura' bark, which were placed there to prevent the wedge touching either the blade or the cane fastening, and...is hammered home... Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Fourteenth stage in the manufacture of the adze.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

233. Photo 188/3(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(12)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The right side of the face of the bow is then cut to shape. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Sixth stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

234. Photo 188/3(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(17)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The bow is then laid flat on the ground, and the back of it trimmed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Eleventh stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

235. Photo 188/3(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(19)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The bow is then thinned and brought to shape by fine cuts with the adze. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Thirteenth stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

236. Photo 188/4(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(1)
Title:
[Shooting with the South Andaman bow. Karam-da.] The bow is then reversed for use, and this view shows a man in the act of shooting with it. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography This photograph and the following prints are a continuation from Photo 188/2 (21-25), which illustrates the making of the South Andaman bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

237. Photo 188/4(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(8)
Title:
[Unstringing the South Andaman bow. Karam-da.] To unstring the bow it is again placed in the same position as for stringing, the end being pulled down by the left hand and the string lifted off with the right. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: 'The string is not removed from the upper end, and at the lower end is secured to the bow by a wrapping of cane or other bark, which is used by the Andamanese where we should use cord.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

238. Photo 188/4(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(10)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow: making the bow string.] The bundle of shoots is brought home and laid by the man's side; ... in this position he scrapes off the bark and teases out the fibre with a Cyrena shell. The pieces of fibre are laid across his left shin. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated Andaman Islander at work.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

239. Photo 188/4(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(20)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow.] The lower end of unstrung bows, showing how the loose end of the string is secured to the bow. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

240. Photo 188/4(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(22)
Title:
Upper end of a South Andaman bow. The string at this end is never removed from the bow. Notice that in these bows the stringing and unstringing is always done at the lower end, contrary to the custom with European bows. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

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